Dear Colleagues
Please share the following position with students and postdocs.
The research groups of William Wilcock and Shima Abadi in the School of Oceanography at the University of Washington (UW) are seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar to study the capabilities of distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) to record low frequency baleen whale
vocalizations and to develop automated tools to detect and localize fin and blue whale calls with DAS. This opportunity is part of a growing effort at the UW to explore multidisciplinary applications of fiber sensing for the environmental sciences.
This primary dataset for the project comes from a 4-day DAS experiment off the coast of Oregon and the specific research objectives are to (1) develop approaches to automatically identify fin and blue whale calls in DAS data, (2) develop techniques to locate
fin and blue whales automatically and accurately with DAS data, (3) analyze the performance of DAS in recording whale calls at different conditions and (4) estimate the fiber location using the whale calls. The successful candidate will have the opportunity
to interact with a growing interdisciplinary community of UW researchers with interests in fiber sensing; participate in the field work and data analysis for additional submarine DAS datasets collected by the UW Photonic Sensing Facility (https://psf.uw.edu),
and join the UW eScience Institute (https://escience.washington.edu)
as a Data Science Postdoctoral Fellow.
Qualifications. At the time of their appointment, candidates must have a Ph.D. in applicable field such as oceanography, geophysics, or engineering.The
successful candidate will have a strong background in acoustic/seismic wave propagation, signal processing, and computational data analysis; an interest in using acoustical techniques to study animal vocalizations; demonstrated written and verbal communication
skills; and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively with individuals from a wide spectrum of backgrounds. Highly desirable additional areas of expertise include experience with large data sets, distributed computing, and cloud computing.
Please find the full details including instructions on how to apply at https://apply.interfolio.com/123706
Any questions can be directed to William Wilcock and Shima Abadi (m("uw.edu","abadi");">)
William Wilcock